Organization receives donation honoring fallen CPD offficer Ella French
CHICAGO â An organization dedicated to supporting Chicago police officers received a large surprise donation at a South Side church in honor of a fallen officer.Light the Line was formed by Elizabeth French, the mother of fallen Chicago police officer Ella French, and Carlos Yanez Jr., her police partner who was also seriously wounded.As the sounds from Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band echoed inside St. Christina Church in Mt. Greenwood, tears fell from officer Carlos Yanez Jr.
'Anything that I can do to be a part of giving back to the officers and the community as well, I want to continue doing it,' Yanez Jr. said. The students from the school raised $1,200. David Kemps, 11, helped. He said his class raised a portion of the donations in two days, just in time for the annual Blue Mass to pray for the protection of first responders.
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